Re: Incorrect mdelay() results on Power Managed Machines x86

From: Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Date: Thu Mar 22 2001 - 18:07:40 EST


> I wonder if there is a way to modify mdelay to use a kernel timer if
> interval > 10msec? I am not familiar with this section of the kernel, but I
> do know that Microsoft's similar function KeStallExecutionProcessor is not
> recommended for more than 50 *micro*seconds.

Basically the same kind of recommendation applies. But as with all rules its
sometimes appropriate to break it

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